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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

LMS' like WebCT, Blackboard, and Desire2Learn offer their greatest value to the organization by providing a means to sequence content and create a manageable structure for instructors/administration staff. They won't, however, be positioning themselves well for informal learning, performance support, or knowledge management.

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The grades are in for Education focused LMSs

eLearning 24-7

Some systems stress this as super important, but teachers in general find overly active parents as irritating, especially when they blame the teacher and not their wonderful child. Integrate with SIS (Student information system) or alike. Learning activities. Parents are a mixed bag. Feature sets – extensive and robust.

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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

All the information below was obtained from Internet sources and announcements in educational journals. If possible, please do not remove the contact information when you re-distribute the list as that is how I receive updates and corrections. Note also that some events will be cancelled at a later date. Thanks for your cooperation.

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What’s hot in Working Smarter in October

Jay Cross

good example of such a system is the Desire2Learn ePortfolio system. The The knowledge gained is an emergent property of all sense-making activities. Validation (ensuring that information is reliable, current or supported by research). OCTOBER 23, 2013. A Few Words on ePortfolios. MORE >> 48 Tweets. 105 Tweets.

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Breakthrough eLearning: Engage or Enrage

Breakthrough eLearning

WWW, wireless text messaging, electronic games, MP3s, PDAs, high end software) to be creators and active participants in activities, not just passive receptors and regurgitators of information. use new technologies to keep doing what we have always be doing (presenting information and testing on it).

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2015 Talented Learning LMS Vendor Award Recipients

Talented Learning

We read the publicly available information, converse with executives, receive briefings , get deep product demonstrations, test drive their applications and even interview their customers. All LMS vendors on this list actively promote channel learning on their website with product offerings, case studies, webinars, and client testimonials.

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eLearning Conferences 2013

Tony Karrer

link] December 2-5, 2012 Big Ideas Fest: Design, Innovate, Activate, 4 th , conference focused on innovation in education , Half Moon Bay, California, USA. link] December 3-5, 2012 Australasian Conference on Information Systems , Geelong, Australia. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.